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Meaning
Noun
●
In Rhetoric & Figures of speech:
A
figure of speech
in which two
words
or
phrases
with
opposing
meanings
are used together
intentionally
for effect.
●
In Paradoxes:
A
contradiction
in terms.
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Antonyms
Pleonasm
Redundancy
Tautology
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Overstatement
Anachronism
Understatement
Oversimplification
Exaggeration
Allusion
Irony
Onomatopoeia
Analogy
Metaphor
Afterthought
Anaphora
Atheist
Adjective
Hyperbole
Anecdote
Metonymy
Allegory
Poem
Symbolism
Simile
Insult
Antithesis
Ideology
Aphorism
Americanism
Alliteration
Utterance
Alternative Fact
Occupational Hazard
Dramatic Irony
Exercise In Futility
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